Today I Learned …

Okay, it’s time for a nifty new addition to this blog. I hope you guys dig it. It’s random snippets of cool stuff — okay, trivia, I guess — and for lack of anything better, I’m giving every one of these posts the same title. You know, to avoid confusion.

I wanted to do this every Monday, but I missed out on doing one January 1, because reasons. So today, you get two, to make up for the one I missed last week.

Today I learned:

Hummingbirds can’t walk. Some hummingbirds weigh less than a penny, but that doesn’t mean they’re light on their feet. In order to reduce drag and to be able to hover and fly backwards, hummingbirds have very tiny feet — so tiny they can’t walk on them. They can perch, and shuffle sideways a bit, but that’s all.

Today I learned:

Wombat poop is cube-shaped.